Strong G4088πικρία
bitterness
- Transliteration
- pikria
- Pronunciation
- pik-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4089; acridity (especially poison) literally or figuratively: - bitterness.
Detailed definition
πικρία, -ας, ἡ
(πικρός), [in LXX chiefly for מַר and cognate forms;]
bitterness;
__(a) of taste (Arist., Jer.15:17, al.);
__(b) metaphorically, of temper, character, etc.: Rom.3:14 (LXX), Eph.4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας, Heb.12:15; χολὴ π., a malignant disposition, Act.8:23.†
(AS)
(πικρός), [in LXX chiefly for מַר and cognate forms;]
bitterness;
__(a) of taste (Arist., Jer.15:17, al.);
__(b) metaphorically, of temper, character, etc.: Rom.3:14 (LXX), Eph.4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας, Heb.12:15; χολὴ π., a malignant disposition, Act.8:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4088 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bitterness4
First verses
- Acts 8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
- Romans 3:14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
- Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πικρ-ία, ἡ,
bitterness:
1 of taste, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.7, “Od.” 32, LXX.Jer.15.17, “Placita Philosophorum” 3.16.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.61, etc.)]
2 of temper, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.204, compare 25.84, “Ep.” 3.33, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251a4, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56W.)]; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.4.11; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Ccr.” 15)]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.88; λόγος π. ἔχων μεμιγμένην χάριτι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 19.)]
3 of circumstances, ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 417.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
bitterness:
1 of taste, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.7, “Od.” 32, LXX.Jer.15.17, “Placita Philosophorum” 3.16.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.61, etc.)]
2 of temper, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.204, compare 25.84, “Ep.” 3.33, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251a4, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56W.)]; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.4.11; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Ccr.” 15)]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.88; λόγος π. ἔχων μεμιγμένην χάριτι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 19.)]
3 of circumstances, ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 417.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]